Industry News

San Diego, CA – David Peckinpaugh will step down as CEO of the San Diego Convention and Visitors Bureau (ConVis) when his contract expires June 30. Joe Terzi, who retired this year as senior vice president of Starwood Hotels, was named

San Diego, CA – Edward “Ned” Krause was named the recipient of the second annual Robert J. Krakoff Award March 30 by the Society of Independent Show Organizers (SISO). Krause is president and CEO of E.J. Krause & Associates and is

San Diego, CA – Show organizers have battened down their hatches as much as possible for the recession and are now waiting for signs that the economy is starting to recover. Attendees at the SISO CEO Summit that began March 30 at San

Dallas, TX – In 2008, the exhibition industry experienced its first annual decline since 2002, decreasing 3.1% from 2007, led by declines of 6.0% in Q3 and 5.7% in Q4, according to the CEIR (Center for Exhibition Industry Research) Index, a leading measurement of

Sarasota, FL – The Money Show expanded into Canada with the acquisition of The Financial Forum & Wealth Management Expo and The Canadian Technical Analyst Summit from Diversified Business Communications. The Money Show will add The Financial Forum to its World Money Show brand and change the dates of two of the three shows

Carlsbad, CA – Final entries for Trade Show Executive’s 7th Annual International Innovation Awards must be submitted by March 27. Winners will be announced in the June issue of TSE, but entries must be faxed or e-mailed to our offices by March 27 or have

Hauppauge, NY – Julian Sandler, founder of Rent-a-PC, Inc., which later was renamed SmartSource Computer & Audio Visual Rentals, died March 20 at the age of 64 after a brief illness. Sandler’s company was launched on Long Island in 1984 and

New York, NY – Penton Media, Inc. has completed a timely reorganization that began as the U.S. economy entered its current swoon and has since made the company more streamlined and equipped to ride out the storm. The company cut its

Atlanta, GA – Lori Kisner rode a 20-year wave of success in the trade show industry with dmg world media’s Surf Expo and now into a new position running apparel leasing and trade show sales for AmericasMart Apparel. Surf Expo Show Director Roy Turner

Alexandria, VA – Tom Mobley, senior vice president of convention centers for Global Spectrum, is among the five 2010 inductees to the Convention Industry Council’s (CIC) Hall of Leaders. In making the announcement, CIC Chief Operating Officer Karen Kotowski said, “We